diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/zip/AbstractZipUnArchiver.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/zip/AbstractZipUnArchiver.java
index 7543f8981..6319bb755 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/zip/AbstractZipUnArchiver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/zip/AbstractZipUnArchiver.java
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip.ZipFile;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.AbstractUnArchiver;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.archiver.ArchiverException;
+import org.apache.commons.io.input.BoundedInputStream;
+import org.apache.commons.io.input.CountingInputStream;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.components.io.resources.PlexusIoResource;
 
 /**
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractZipUnArchiver
 
     private String encoding = "UTF8";
 
+    private long maxOutputSize = Long.MAX_VALUE;
+
     public AbstractZipUnArchiver()
     {
     }
@@ -66,6 +70,21 @@ public void setEncoding( String encoding )
         this.encoding = encoding;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set maximum allowed size of the produced output.
+     *
+     * It may be used as a protection against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_bomb">zip bombs</a>.
+     *
+     * @param maxOutputSize max size of the produced output, in bytes. Must be greater than 0
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if specified output size is less or equal to 0
+     */
+    public void setMaxOutputSize( long maxOutputSize ) {
+        if ( maxOutputSize <= 0 ) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Invalid max output size specified: " + maxOutputSize );
+        }
+        this.maxOutputSize = maxOutputSize;
+    }
+
     private static class ZipEntryFileInfo
         implements PlexusIoResource
     {
@@ -181,6 +200,7 @@ protected void execute( final String path, final File outputDirectory )
         getLogger().debug( "Expanding: " + getSourceFile() + " into " + outputDirectory );
         try ( ZipFile zipFile = new ZipFile( getSourceFile(), encoding, true ) )
         {
+            long remainingSpace = maxOutputSize;
             final Enumeration<ZipArchiveEntry> e = zipFile.getEntriesInPhysicalOrder();
 
             while ( e.hasMoreElements() )
@@ -196,10 +216,18 @@ protected void execute( final String path, final File outputDirectory )
                 {
                     try ( InputStream in = zipFile.getInputStream( ze ) )
                     {
-                        extractFile( getSourceFile(), outputDirectory, in,
-                                     ze.getName(), new Date( ze.getTime() ), ze.isDirectory(),
-                                     ze.getUnixMode() != 0 ? ze.getUnixMode() : null,
-                                     resolveSymlink( zipFile, ze ), getFileMappers() );
+                        BoundedInputStream bis = new BoundedInputStream( in, remainingSpace + 1 );
+                        CountingInputStream cis = new CountingInputStream( bis );
+                        extractFile( getSourceFile(), outputDirectory, cis,
+                                ze.getName(), new Date( ze.getTime() ), ze.isDirectory(),
+                                ze.getUnixMode() != 0 ? ze.getUnixMode() : null,
+                                resolveSymlink( zipFile, ze ), getFileMappers() );
+
+                        remainingSpace -= cis.getByteCount();
+                        if ( remainingSpace < 0 )
+                        {
+                            throw new ArchiverException("Maximum output size limit reached");
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/zip/ZipUnArchiverTest.java b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/zip/ZipUnArchiverTest.java
index ea46a5aae..fbb95371d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/zip/ZipUnArchiverTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/zip/ZipUnArchiverTest.java
@@ -214,6 +214,31 @@ public void testExtractingZipWithEntryOutsideDestDirThrowsException()
         assertTrue( ex.getMessage().startsWith( "Entry is outside of the target directory" ) );
     }
 
+    public void testZipOutputSizeException()
+            throws Exception
+    {
+        Exception ex = null;
+        String s = "target/zip-size-tests";
+        File testZip = new File( getBasedir(), "src/test/jars/test.zip" );
+        File outputDirectory = new File( getBasedir(), s );
+
+        FileUtils.deleteDirectory( outputDirectory );
+
+        try
+        {
+            ZipUnArchiver zu = getZipUnArchiver( testZip );
+            zu.setMaxOutputSize(10L);
+            zu.extract( "", outputDirectory );
+        }
+        catch ( Exception e )
+        {
+            ex = e;
+        }
+
+        assertNotNull( ex );
+        assertTrue( ex.getMessage().startsWith( "Maximum output size limit reached" ) );
+    }
+
     private ZipArchiver getZipArchiver()
     {
         try